Longaberger Golf Club

Getting To Know: Longaberger Golf Club

By Brian Weis

Whether you have played a course 20+ times a year or looking to play the course for the first time, insights from an insider can help enhance your golf experience. Below is an interview that shares some valuable tidbits about the course, memorable holes and must eats and treats at the 19th.

Give Our Readers An Overview of the Golf Course/Property
Since 1999, Longaberger Golf Club is one of the finest options for a round of golf in Central Ohio. Our course was designed by the renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills, and it includes panoramic natural beauty, rolling hills and immaculate playing conditions. Here at Longaberger we also have a practice facility with a 25-acre natural grass driving range with target greens and a chipping, pitching and bunker area. It ensures that golfers of any skill level can hone their skills in a secluded, finely-appointed setting. We also have a golf shop that offers an attractive and spacious store with handsome displays of merchandise, as well as outstanding, friendly and helpful service to meet all your golfing wants and needs. Finally, Longaberger's restaurant offers a superb and affordable dining experience within the beautiful and spacious 60,000 square foot clubhouse. Enjoy delicious cuisine while overlooking breathtaking views of the 18th hole.
Nashport Ohio golf at its finest

Finally, don't forget to set aside some time to stop into the clubhouse and say hello. We can't wait to meet you!

If Someone Was Looking To Golf In The Area, Why Should They Play Your Course?
The amenities are nice, but the real star of the show at Longaberger Golf Club is the high quality of the course layout. Longaberger Golf Club, which opened in 1999 and was designed by renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills, ranks # 55 in the U.S. (out of roughly 13,500 public access courses) in GOLF Magazine's 2012 "Top 100 Courses You Can Play" list. Golfweek Magazine rated Longaberger Golf Club # 1 in Ohio in its recent 2014 state-by-state rankings. Don't miss out on playing one of the best courses in the Country offering one of the nation's most superb golfing experiences. Longaberger Golf Club was recently Rated #4 Public Course in the country by Golf World's, 2008 Readers Choice Award. Among the most dramatic holes on Longaberger's 7,243-yard parkland-style layout is the par-5, No. 4 that plays 565 yards from the back tees with a 150-foot elevation drop from tee to green. The course is defined by panoramic natural beauty, rolling hills and immaculate playing conditions.

What Tips or Local Knowledge Would You Provide To Help Them Score Better At Your Course?
Choose the right tee for you, do not let your ego get in the way.

Recent Awards or What You Are Most Proud About The Course?
#51 Golf Digest Top 100 Public Courses in America
#55 Golf Magazines Top 100 Courses You Can Play
#1 Public Course in State by GolfWeek since 2002--14
2009 Golf Worlds Reader's Choice Awards Best in Service

What Is The Signature, Most Talked About, or Most Photographed Hole?
#9 Par 3 over water that can play from 110yds to 187. The green complex is similar to the #12 at Augusta with a green that moves from front left to back right and a steep embankment that catches most any shot short of green and sends it bouncing back to pond.
Winds can also be difficult to determine with a green that requires excellent distance control.

What Is Your Favorite Hole? Any Tips to Play It?
#10 par 5 great risk reward hole that with a good drive is reachable but, with the green guarded by a stream on 2 of 4 sides it is a challenge. Generous driving area leaves you a decision on whether to challenge the shot or, lay up and trust your wedge game. Tip, go with your wedge game.

Must Have Dish or Drink after the round at the 19th Hole?
Turkey Ruben and a Summer Shandy draft.

Who Holds Course Record and What Was Their Score?
64 Jeff Coston shot in the National Club Professional Championship. He had a double bogey and 10 birdies.

Back Tee Stats
Par: 72
Yardage: 7243
Slope: 140
Rating: 75.0

More Information
Longaberger Golf Club
One Long Drive
Nashport, OH, 43830
740-763-1100 ext 221
www.longabergergolfclub.com

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.